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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
The Farmers Alliance.

The National Farmers Alliance in
session at Minneapolis, has adjourned
to meet next year in Des Moines. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, j. Burrows, of Nebraska; vice
president, ex-senator L. D. Whiting, of
Illinois; secretary, August Post, of Iowa /;
treasurer, J. J. Furlong, of Minnesota;
lecturer, A. D. Chase, of Dakota. j.
Burrows, the new president, is 55 years
of age. He was born in Western New
York and is an old soldier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

IT is remarkable with what equa-
nimity the public read of the numer-
Gus deaths from cholera on Swinburne
Island. It is q case of $50 near and
yet so far" People might have
cholera there all the year round with
out endangering New York City.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
THROUGH A VVIADERNEss.
Route of the North British Columbia Sur
veylng Party.

Route of the North British Columbia Sur
veyIng Party.
OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. THE Interior
Department to-day received advices
from the exploratory survey party sent
to Northern British Columbia, which
has been gathering general informa-
ton regarding the country. The
party proposes to winter near
Fort Reliance, about 1000 miles
north of Victoria. After obtaining more
men the party will endeavor' to pene-
trate across the country as far north as
McKenzie's Bay on the Arctic Ocean.
The explorers will start for home by a
new route, descending Mckenzie s
River and entering civilization at Ed
monitor. They expect to reach Ottawa
by next fall
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
CHOLERA IN NETV YORK.

A Mexican Port Closed Against the
United States-The Plague.
New YORK, Oct. 6.-A cable from Mer-
ida, Mexico, says that port has been
closed against the United States
on account of the epidemic
additional deaths were reported
to the quarantine commissioners to-day
The agents Of the Alesia, which brought
the cholera over, say that her misfor-
tune has discouraging effect on Italian
emigration to this country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
Stealing Cattle from the Indians.

The United States grand jury in SEES
sion at Tucson, Ariz., has discovered
that organized cattle thieves have been
stealing cattle from the Indians on the
San Carlos reservation during the past
year. Several very prominent citizens
are implicated. The white men who
stole the cattle changed the Indians
brands into their own, which had been
purposely made to resemble. It is now
thought much Of the Indian troubles
are exactly due to this cattle stealing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
DEATH FROM FOUL AIR.
Two Persons Suffocated in an Abandone
Coal Shaft.


Coal Shaft.
PITIsBURG. Pa, Oct. A Chronicle
Telegraph Youngstown, O., special says
Wood, of the Mower and Reaper Com
pany, and his fathers coachman, George
Hawkins, drove out to the Allan coal
mine, an abandoned slope, yesterday
afternoon, to exploreit. Not returning,
search was made and at o'clock this
morning both were found dead in the
slope, where they had been sufocated
by foul air. A party of miners pumped
air into the slope for two hours before
the bodies could be taken out. Wood in
tended to leave for college to-day. Haw-
kins was IS years of age and leaves a
wife and two children
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
Murderous Burglars in Chicago.

At2 o'clock on the morning of the
4th three masked men entered the
building at 473 Canal Street, Chicago,
robbed Frank Macha, who occupied the
first floor as a saloon, of $143, and then
They had chloroformed and bound
Macha and his wife. and had the men
not been discovered by tenant up
stairs and the fire extinguished dozen
lives would probably have been lost.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
GOES MTG THE COURTS.
The Retiring Sea Sealer Seizures Only
Half Settled.

OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. THE Dominion
government has been apprlsed OF the
regard to the sealers seized this year.
Ali were found guilty of illegal
sealing and the schooners and skins
found on board were declared forfeited
to the United States government. The
claim of the Washington authorities to
exclusive jurisdiction in Behring sea
will probably be fought out in the
United States courts before it is made
the subject for an interna ,ional COM
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
Locating Bullets by a Telephone
Probe.

A successful experiment was made at
Bellevue Hospital, New York. on the
9th, with telephone probe for the To-
cation of bullets. A man named Schr@-
der, who received bullet in his body a
couple of nights ago while attempting a
burglary, was the subject. A small steel
plate was placed on the man s leg. To one
end ofthis was attached an insulated wire
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
Reminding the Doodle"

States Attorney Grinnell submitted
to the county board at Chicago on the
Sd, terms of settlement with a number
of Doodle county contractors, recon-
mending their adoption. By this ar
rangement E. A. Robinson is to refund
$13,OOO; Charles Pick & Co., $744; Man
del Bros, S743; William III. Gray, 3d.
200, and Clybourn & Co., $1,000. The
sums named are the amount paid by the
firms for the privilege of doing business
with the county.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
ENGLAND uUx OF GAzT.
The Government Irresolute in Enforcing
the Crimes Law.

DUBLIN, Oct S.-The Express, a Tory
organ, complains that the government
is irresolute in its enforcement of the
crimes act and says that it either shirks
action or courts defeat. "Does the gov
ernment," the Express asks, ''really
mean to enforce the act?" Continuing
the paper says: Firm men are wanted
to carry out the law and Mr.. Balfour
must come to Dublin"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

THE widow Alta Arnold is the Nina
Van Zandt of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
She has recently married an ex-drum
major, who is under sentence for five
years for theft. The contracting par
ties clasped hands through the bars
when the knot was tied.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

A very successful exhibition of tele-
graphing to and from train on the Lee
high Valley road, where the system is
in operation, was given on the 9th. With
the train going mile minute messages
were sent and news and stock quotations
were handled perfectly and the con-
ductor was instructed as to the running
of his train
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

steamer like sheep, and in their midst
were two who carried the germ of q
terrible scourge, the Asiatic cholera. ="
1t is not pleasant picture, but it is
not an uncommon one. All cargoes
OF immigrants do not contain people
stricken with cholera, but most Of
them do contain the abJect and chron-
lie Door of the Old World.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
R,aw Ont the Gas.

CHICAGO, H., Oct. 4.-Ed aa ana ae
Thomas Moarn, aged about % anu 20,
respectively, were found dead in bed at
eas. They came from Ardake, D. T.,
and were en- route to Canada; The two
were brothers and apparently thriving
business men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

THE professional jealousy of the
German and Austrian surgeons will
not permit them to agree with DR..
Mackenzie's opinion of the Grown
Princes throat trouble. DR.. Macken-
zie, We believe, pronounced the foreign
growth in the princes throat wart.
Perhaps the German and Austrian sur.
geons think it q corn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

The annual season of wreckage, loss
of life, vessels and cargoes, has begun.
The life-saving service does not often
fail, but if the loss of life on the steam
er City of Green Bay is due, as stated,
to the bad and rotten condition of the
life saving equipage, it is plain that
somebody deserves q rigid investiga-
ti0n
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

THE strict law against carrying
deadly weapons: which was passed by
the Texas legislature last winter, is
said to facilitate materially tine oper-
ations of the Texas stage robber. He,
OF course, still carries his six-shooter,
but the passengers do not; and his
struggle for a living is thus rendered
much less dangerous.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
DevOured by Wolves.

Twelve peasants, who left the town Of
P1lesti, IS miles northwest of Bucharest,
to destroy the wolves which infest the
district, were overpOwered by the
ferocious beasts and seven of them were
devoured. The remaining five escaped
badly mangled
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
Wheat Production in India.

From the report of Consul-General
Borham at Calcutta, it appears that in
the total yield 2S9,000,O0O bushels.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

THERE has been falling off of more
than 100000 in the revenue from
the manufacture of whisky in the
United States and an increase OF over
100000 in that derived from beer.
If whisky is "the American gentle
mans drink" the figures Indicate that
the American gentleman is fast becom-
ing an Anarchist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
Sold for Five Millions.

The sale of the Baltimore & Ohio Tel
egraph Company was consummated on
the 9Th. Jay Gould said: eve have
bought the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph
system and have agreed to pay SIS ,0OO,-
600 for it,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

THE police of New York recently
traced burglary to four professional
criminals, all young fellows, and all
of whom had served two or more
terms in tho various penitentiaries OF
this country. This is another proof
for the pessimist who insists upon the
theory of once bad always bad.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
FLOODED BY A Rat.
A Rodent Undermines Dyke With Dis
aStrOuS Results.

NASHUA, N. H., Oct. IA muskrat
dug hole in the bank of the canal near
here and caused disastrous flood. The
torrent swept away into the woods,
carrying trees and all the waste
around to the Nashua River be-
hind. The river rapidly rose, and
was covered by yellow foam for a mile
below. The mills Immediately shut
down and there is no telling when they
will resume work as the damage will
take weeks to repair. The flood has
thrown 5000 employees out of work for
an indefinite time
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

THE memory of the Chicago Anarch-
lists will be Indirectly perpetuated. A
handsome monument will be erected
as q memorial to the policemen
whom the bold Anarchists slew.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
Death Of "Tom Browns" Mother

CINCINNATI, o., Oct. IA passenger
from Rugby, Tenn, brings the news to-
day that the mother of Thomas Hughes,
of England, the author of tom Brown
at Rugby" died at Rugby, Tenn, yes
terday. Her son Thomas returned 10
England a week ago alter visit to MS
AGED mother
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
Killed by an Explosion.

At st. Louis, Mo-, on the Sd, four per-
sons were killed and two seriously
wounded by the explosion Of Geo. D.
Plants flour mill. The cause Of the ex-
plosion was old boilers. The loss to
milling and adjoining property is about
$1,000
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
EireS.

The mills Of the Bloomington Gill;
Roller Mill Company together with,
wheat were burned on the 4th. Loss
$4,000, nearly covered by insurance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
THE GRAND ARMY STAFF.
COMMUNICATIVE Chief Rea Makes His APP
pOintments.


pOintments.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 8.-Com-
mander-in-Chief Rea, of the G. A. r.,
this afternoon announced the following
appointments: Acknowledgement. Dam
lei Fish, Minneapolis; quartermaster-
general, John Taylor, 218 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia; judge-advocate- general,
Wheelock G. Veazey, Rutland, VT.
The first and second named receive
salaries of $1,000 and $1,000 a year re-
spectively.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
Qht Rtpnblitap,
wApERTowN. wIsCoNEIN.

A TEST case involving the right of
street railway companies to sprinkle
sand on their tracks is being made up
in Brooklyn against the companies.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
New York DistiIlery Burned.

A fire broke out on the 9th in Eph-
rain Howe's distillery 11S and 120 Elm
Street, New York. The building and
stock were destroyed. The loss on the
building is 1926, 900, and on the stock of
SnirltS 81 so 600.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

ping at the St. Blank Hotel. "Both
have euch happy faces. don't sup
pose either of them knows what trou-
BILE is" "No, thev are only engaged.
yet."-T Omaha World.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
THE LATEST NE WIS
Crimes.

At Fayetteville, n. Y, F. NJ. Sever.
ance. cashier of the bursted Farmers
Bank, was arrested for embedding $780,
600 of it's funds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
REPENTS IN Il PRISON.

A German Editor Goes to Jail for Libel
ing Prince Bismarck.
BERLIN, Oct. 5.-Herr Barth, editor of
the Reichsfreund has been sentenced to
three months imprisonment for ascrib-
ing the growth of the bad tone of par
lament to prince Bismarck's false and
insulting accusations against the Liberals
thereby"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
GARY RENOMlNATED.
The Judge of the Anarchist Trial Named
to Succeed Himself.

CHICAGO, H., Oct. 8.-This afternoon
in convention held by wing of the
local Democracy, under the lead of
Charles Kern, opposed to the Cloudy or
government building Democrats, Judge
Gary, who presided at the Anarchist
trial, was nominated as candidate to
succeed himself Judge Gary is an In
dependent Republican. The convention
also nominated full local ticket to op-
pose both the Republicans and the
Goudyites.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12

FIRST Omaha dame-What q hand.
some couple! Second Omaha dame
Yes; they are strangers and are stop
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-07
The Chicago BoOdIers.

CHICAGO, July y6.-Rumors to-day that
the jury III the county commissioners
Doodle cases had been fixed i'll the in
terests of the defendants, brought the
trial to standstill Court was ad-
journed for several hours to give the
states attorney time to get at the bot
tom Of the matter. The result was a
formal charge by him that four men had
been slipped into the jury box vino
should never have been admitted.
George r. Tate, o. w. Ostrander, Will
lam Parks and Daniel CUdihe compose
the quartette. Tate is personal friend
Of one of the defendants, Warden Var
nell, the two being members
of the same Masonic lodge. The
objection to Ostrander and Parks
is tvat they with Tate were summoned
by Bailiff McGill solely at the instance
of persons interested in acquittal. Cud-
ihe is an alien, it is claimed, and the
states attorney asks that he with an
other Juror and Tate, OStrander and
Parks, the last batch of jurors sworn, be
rearranged i'll order that some of them
at least may be challenged. Judge
jameson postponed action until to-mor-
row. The states attorney has decided
that the cases against the indicted
county contractors, OF which there are
about a dozen, will not be called this
week. 1t is stated on very good author
ity that all of the contractors, except
William Harley, will plead guilty and
submit to the payment of fine in pref
erenee to taking theig chances OF getting
a term in the p6nitentiaTV.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-07
A COAL RING,
Which is Already Putting Up the
Prices.

CHICAGO, July G.-The Inter-Ocean
tomorrow will publish the following,
bearing on the price of coal in this city:
The advance of 25 cents ton in the
price of hard coal July l has started a
good deal Of thinking among the large
consumers of Chicago. The advance is
somewhat early, and the presumption is
that the price will advance beyond the
maximum of last winter. IS. The coal
barons OF the East are really responsible
there are other contingent causes
that must be taken into consid-
Grafton, such as the advance in
water freightS and the interstate COM
merce. But the chief cause, so the local
dealers say. lies in the fact that the
Eastern coal syndicate deSided to put
up the prices and the local men were
simply compelled to follow the order
from headquarters. The Chicago coal
exchange has no option in the matter
and must save itself when the
prices are advanced in the East. This
is the view that the local coal men take
of the subject. On the other hand,
gentleman who is the head of firm that
uses large quantity OF coal annually,
stated Yesterday that there was coal
1illS VI nO 1AS
bers of which ran things to suit them
selves. .''The price of coal to-day, said he,
i'll this city is S6.75 and 81 ton. Any
one who is not a dealer cannot buy it
for less. no matter what quantity he
may want. In 1879 and 80 the price
got as low as S4.75 per ton. This was
the result of open competition in min
ing. a great many men with small
means opened mines, and worked for
themselves economically, thereby be-
ing able to underSell the coal kings and
great corporations. These men then
put their heads together and put down
the price of coal still lower, crushing
out the little fellows or compelling
them to join the combination. The
next year we had coal up again
here to S620 at wholesale. But it was
not until last year that the ring sue
ceeded in perfecting their organization
and then they made things so tight that
the price of coal was made arbitrarily
by committee for each month and no
party was allowed to sell it for private
consumption below the fixed rate under
penalty of fine and of having his sup
ply cut off. Now they again propose to
put the screws TO us. With the supplies
of coal we have. with easy and ready
means of transportation, there seems to
no reason why the retail price of hard
coal should be above s. per ton in this
citV;'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-07
The SIaGe FaiIure.

NEW YORK, July 6.-The assignee of
John Slade IL Co., dry goods commission
merchants who suspended yesterday,
has not yet ascertained the amount of
the assets and liabilities. The liabili-
ties are about s775,C00, and the assets
100000 The stock is valued at $780,
600 but large advances have been made
or it. The outstanding accounts are
very large and it is not expected that
there will be much shrinkage. Besides
there is real estate owned by the mem
bers of the firm valued at about S152, 900.
1t is thought that the firm can pay from
70 cents to 1G0 cents on the dollar.
Fears have been expressed that some of
the mills to which the firm has made adj
vances will experience difficulty now
that their backing is withdrawn.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-07
THE PINK ERTON MEN.
Indignation at Their Presence in
the Coke Region.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, July 6.-The pres
ence of Pinkerton's detectives in the
coke region has caused intense excite
ment, and serious trouble may follow.
The strikers are indignant, and de-
nounce the action of the operators in
bringing the detectives into the regions
in the loudest terms. Last night 500
strikers at West Leisenring held a
meeting and unanimously resolved to
continue the strike. At JimtOwn it is
said that the men are weakening, and
large number are expected to return TO
work before the close of the week.
William Mullen, secretary of the
Miners association, in statement to
the newspapers, says:
The men are quiet but determined, and the
introduction of the PinkertOn men into the
coke region viii be the advent of a bitter
feeling between employers and employed
that years will not eradicate. The strikers
will be counseled to keep within the limits
of the law, but the landing of the Pinkerton
agents has been the starting OF rioting and
bloodshed wherever they have been used.
There may be some disturbance in the Con-
nellsville coke region, however. and some
lives lost. The responsibility will rest upon
those who brought the detectives here.
They are not here, they say. to cause
trouble. but TO prevent it and to protect
those who desire to return to work.
They will remain until the strike has
been broken.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-07
For IoIunteer Soldiers.

BosToN, July 6.-The trustees of the
Volunteer Soldiers National homes
held session yesterday afternoon and
this morning at the Hotel Brunswick.
Gen. William B. Franklin presided and
the following members of the board
were in attendance: Gen. Martin L.
McMahOne, OF New York; j. {. Black,
of Illinois; J. S. Nesby, of Pennsyl-
vania; ex-senator Swell, of New Jer-
sey; T. w. Hyde, of Maine; Col. j. A.
Harris, of Ohio, and Chief Justice
Waite, eX-officio. member of the United
States supreme court. A large amount
of routine business was transacted. Es-
Inmates for the coming quarter and en-
suing fiscal year were prepared. The
board voted to go to California in Sep
tember to locate site for the next
home to be established according to an
act of congress. Reports from the new
home at LeavenwOrth, Kan, show it to
be in most fiourishing condition. The
board adjourned at noon and left to
make an official tour Of inspection OF
the LOCUS home.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-07
WON ANOTHER PRIZE.
Yale-s Chinese Graduate Weds a
Yankee ReiresS.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, July CYAN
Phon Lee, OF Fragrant Hills, China,
who graduated with high hOnors at Yale
last commencement, was to-day united
in marriage to Miss Elizabeth NJ.
jerome, a New Haven heiress. The
ceremony was quietly performed at the
residence OF the BRIDES mother. The
groom first came to America in 1873, and
resided for five years at Springfield,
Mass, after which he came to New
Haven and spent four year: il the Hop
kins grammar school, entering Yale ii
the class Of 81. At the end Of his fresh
man year he was ordered back to China
by the government, which had sent him
and other sons of prominent Chinese
residents to America for an education.
Before going to China Miss Jerome had
fallen in love with him, and the couple
were engaged. The Chinaman became
tired of home and surroundings, and at
the first opportunity he ran away and
finally reached New Haven and his
sweetheart He again entered Yale in
the class of 'S7, and distinguished him
self throughout his college course. This
wedding is the first on record in New
Haven where a Yankee girl has married
a Chinaman, and the event eXcites con-
siderable comment. After wedding
trip at Narragansett Pier, Mr.. and Mrs.
Van Phon Lee will reside III New
Haven, the groom intending to enter
the journalistic field.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-07
An American Party.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 6.-Delegates
from the various portions of the state
closed a three-days' secret session here
to-day, formulating plan for the Or
ganization of an American party. A
mass meeting was held here tonight.
preceded by a street parade and display
of fireworks, at which the platform of
the new party was read and adopted.
The platform calls for the unconditional
repeal of the naturalization laws, the
modification of the laws permitting and
encouraging immigration, so that shift
less, criminal and other undesirable
classes may be excluded. the prohibit
ton of alien landholding, total separa-
ton of church and state and no inter-
ference by amy church with the Amer
lean school system. The platform also
demands a law compelling citizens to
vote at every election. 4 state central
committee was organized, with Oliver
Eldredge as president.